Earl Now Major Hurricane, Headed Toward East Coast

Hurricane Earl has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm Monday and could arrive off the East Coast of the U.S. by the end of this week.

It is currently rocking the Caribbean’s Northern Leeward Islands.

The National Hurricane Center said Earl is now the second major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic season, with winds up to 120 miles per hour .

Hurricane warnings are in effect for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius, the British and the U.S. Virgin islands.

A hurricane watch is also in effect for Puerto Rico.

Hurricane Danielle has moved into the North Atlantic and is now more of a threat to Iceland than the U.S.

Latest Comments

• August 30, 2010 at 3:19 am

  D says:

  INS guy's comment was refering to the national market. Huricanes don't harden up rates in areas not affected by storms, which is most of the US. Doesn't the SE usually harde... read more
• August 30, 2010 at 2:47 am

  hoyle says:

  So for some apparently reading about Earl was a waste of time but the still had time for commenting on it. If you're not interested, just move on to the next story. Some of us... read more
• August 30, 2010 at 2:46 am

  Sarah says:

  Andrew most certainly did create a hard market if you were in Florida. Before that storm Nationwide, State Farm, Auto Owners, Hartford were all writing oceanfront Condo's with... read more